ArticleChild psychiatry and human development2017
Mapping the Frequency and Severity of Depressive Behaviors in Preschool-Aged Children.
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- Quantifying Severity of Preschool-Aged Children's Internalizing Behaviors: A Daily Diary Analysis.Assessment · 2023Article
- Affective Dynamics and Mean Levels of Preschool Irritability and Sadness: Predictors of Children's Psychological Functioning Two Years Later.Child psychiatry and human development · 2022Article
- Using Item Response Theory to Compare Irritability Measures in Early Adolescent and Childhood Samples.Assessment · 2021Article
- Toward a Developmental Nosology for Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder in Early Childhood.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2021Article
- Preschool Depression: a Diagnostic Reality.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
- A Daily Diary Analysis of Preschool Depressive Behaviors: Prospective Associations and Moderators Across 14 Days.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2019Article
- Mapping the frequency and severity of anxiety behaviors in preschool-aged children.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2019Article
- The Development of Latent Dimensions of Psychopathology across Early Childhood: Stability of Dimensions and Moderators of Change.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Depressive emotions and behaviors, such as sadness, irritability, and sleep difficulties, are often early-emerging, impairing, and persistent. However, these behaviors are normative in early development, so it is critical to identify the spectrum of behaviors that may be relevant to the development of depression. This study characterizes the frequency and severity of depressive behaviors and impairment in preschool-aged children using a novel daily diary method with 291 parents. A coherent depression dimension was identified, and the specific frequency at which individual behaviors were identified as severe is reported. Behaviors such as sadness, irritability, and tearfulness/sensitivity were found to be relatively normative, whereas other behaviors (e.g., low interest/pleasure, low self-worth) were less normative. These are the first known data to delineate empirical information about the frequency and severity of behaviors that may be relevant to the development of depression; such data provide quantitative information for child practitioners to make distinctions between developmentally typical and problematic behavior, which is essential for improving assessment and minimizing impairing developmental trajectories.
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